Originally Posted by tfd1224
Originally Posted by therealhojo
Originally Posted by tfd1224
Sorry for your loss Hojo. I only met KD once at a retirement party so i can’t say i really know him but he seemed like a really nice person. You’re right, the group of guys you work with are just as close as your family. LV was my captain from the day i started until he retired. I guess we’ll be seeing you soon.


LV and I were close. Did he ever tell you about the sandwich throwing incident? It was a good one!!

I will be at the visitation on Wed night.

Oh yeah, he told me about the sandwich incident. I haven’t received any details about arrangements yet but i probably will tomorrow.


We had some good times! Ol Grant-- got a few over on him. The old Engine 1 was a Quality. It had a buzzer on the tail board for the days when guys actually rode on the tail board that would let the driver know you were ready. The speaker was in the cab. Anyway, we had to crank the trucks at 7 every night--just one of those things(???) Jimmy stated pressing the button and it got Grants attention. He kept on for a few minutes and Grant couldn't figure out what it was. Then we started taking turns pressing it and everyone would ask Grant what it was. After about 15 minutes, Grant called Roy (Chief) at home and told him we needed to take the truck out of service. Roy instantly knew what it was and chimed right in and made Grant take the phone over to the truck and hold the phone out so he could hear it. We were all dying!!!! Grant finally saw us standing in the window laughing and realized what was going on.